Month: July 2011

  • Smog Advisory for July 19, 2011: Windsor-Essex-Chatham-Kent

    A SMOG ADVISORY* has been issued by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for the following forecast region in Ontario, Canada: Windsor – Essex – Chatham – Kent on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Please note that advisories will remain in effect until further notice. During the smog episode, individuals may experience the following symptoms: eye…

  • Extreme Heat Alert: Seven Cooling Centres Open July 20, 2011

    This is an update to my previous blog Heat Alert for Toronto Starts July 19: Prevent Heat Stress. Toronto, Ontario, Canada has upgraded the Heat Alert to an Extreme Heat Alert for today, July 20. The Extreme Heat Alert will be in effect until further notice. In addition to using air conditioned public places such…

  • ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes Grants For Homeowners Are Back!

    ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes Grants For Homeowners Are Back Summer is a great time to do home renovations, especially when Natural Resources Canada wants to help you now (June 6, 2011 – March 31, 2012) reduce the costs of making your home more energy efficient. Homeowners who participated in the ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes program…

  • Heat Alert for Toronto Starts July 19: Prevent Heat Stress

    A heat alert has been declared for Toronto today and will be in effect until further notice. During a Heat Alert, there is a greater risk of suffering from heat-related illness for a number of groups, including: isolated adults and seniors people with chronic and pre-existing illnesses, infants and young children, people on certain medications…

  • You’re Invited to Lake Ontario Evenings: Beaches Edition July 19

    Did you know that although Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes, its drainage basin is the most densely populated of all the Great Lakes basins? Let’s have a look at the following interesting timeline (1960’s – 1990’s, 2011) of Lake Ontario’s ecosystem events in order to better understand how “Lake Ontario is…

  • Heat Alert Terminated July 18, 2011

    This is an update to my previous blog Heat Alert for Toronto July 16, 2011. The Heat Alert for Toronto has terminated this morning.

  • Low Risk of West Nile Virus Infection in Toronto

    It’s been a long while that we have not received news about the West Nile Virus infections from mosquito bites in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Just recently, July 15, Toronto Public Health got their first West Nile Virus positive result for Toronto this year, from their weekly laboratory testing of mosquitoes caught in the 43 mosquito…